Julie Dowling (athlete) explained

Julie Dowling
Fullname:Julie Caroline Dowling
Birth Date:7 December 1959

Julie Caroline Van Keulen (née Dowling), BEM[1] (born 7 December 1959)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete.

Biography

Born in Tasmania, Dowling had a car accident as a teenager that left her paraplegic.[2] Her first national competition was the 1981 National Para Quad Games, where she won three gold medals and broke three Australian records in javelin, shot put and discus.[2] She then competed at the 1982 FESPIC Games, where she won three gold medals at the same events, breaking a world record in the javelin. At the 1983 Stoke Mandeville Games, she won a gold medal in the javelin with yet another world record, a silver medal in the discus and a bronze medal in the shot put.[2] At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin 4 event, breaking a Paralympic record. She also finished fourth in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus.[3] [4] [5] [6] She retired from competition after the games.[2]

Recognition

After the 1984 games, Dowling won three Mercury W.D. & H.O. Wills Star of Sport awards, a Sport Australia Award, a national Para Quad trophy for the best female athlete in international events, and a TAS TV Sportswoman of the Year Award.[2] She was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1985 New Year Honours "for services to the physically handicapped."[1] [7] In 2005, she was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dowling, Julie Caroline, BEM. It's an Honour. 29 February 2012.
  2. Web site: Honour Role – Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006173047/http://tasded.clients.squiz.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/41091/Hall_of_Fame_Honour_Roll_2011.pdf. dead. 6 October 2013. Department of Economic Development, Tasmania. 3 March 2012. PDF.
  3. Web site: Athlete Search Results. International Paralympic Committee. 22 February 2012. 17 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017095624/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Dowling&fname=J.&gender=all. dead.
  4. Web site: Results for Women's Javelin 4 at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee. 15 June 2012. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232304/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=4&sport=athletics&competition=1984PG&gender=f&discipline=&event=Javelin. dead.
  5. Web site: Results for Women's Shot Put 4 at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040026/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=4&sport=athletics&competition=1984PG&gender=f&discipline=&event=Shot%20Put. dead.
  6. Web site: Results for Women's Discus 4 at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040941/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=4&sport=athletics&competition=1984PG&gender=f&discipline=&event=Discus. dead.
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